Accurate and reliable quantitative evaluation of LA size and function are necessary for the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease and prediction of prognosis. PDF
Myocardial infarction and cardiac failure is a major source of morbidity and mortality globally. Current treatment strategies are mostly palliative and suboptimal. Stem cell based treatment strategy for tissue regeneration has proven value in the treatment of some conditions. The optimal treatment of myocardial infarction/heart failure lays in restoration and maintenance of adequate functional myocardial syntitium. PDF
The aim was to create a model of myocardial infarction (MI) with a borderline myocardial impairment which would enable to evaluate the retrograde cellular cardiomyoplasty (CCM) through the coronary sinus (CS) in a large animal model. PDF